On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a highly-anticipated Proposed Rule that proposes to require public companies to disclose climate-related risks in their registration statements and annual reports filed with the SEC. The Proposed Rule, titled
On February 17, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an updated policy statement on the certification of new interstate natural gas facilities (Updated Policy Statement). This Updated Policy Statement replaces the Commission’s previous policy statement issued in 1999, which
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is acting to improve the safety of hydroelectric generation projects. Hydropower regulation is the oldest area of FERC’s jurisdiction, dating back to the 1920s. The latest developments in this area of FERC regulation focus
Last week, the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) held its second of two intergovernmental stakeholder meetings to discuss offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico. The February 2, 2022, meeting follows BOEM’s receipt of a second round of
Husch Blackwell Partner Brian Hendrix published an article with Rock Products analyzing why after more than 40 years in operation, MSHA chooses enforcement as its favorite tool. MSHA’s work cycle has always been “inspect, cite, penalize, repeat.” Obviously, MSHA continues
As part of the “E” or environmental component of Environmental, Social, and Governance principles, companies of all sizes are making environmental commitments a part of their business vision and practice, leading to measurable cost savings, growth due to improved brand
On December 7, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its proposed 2020, 2021, and 2022 Renewable Volume Obligations (“RVOs”). RVOs determine the amount of renewable fuel (typically, ethanol) certain fuel refiners and others involved in the transportation fuel
In case you missed it while preparing for your turkey dinner, on November 22, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a significant decision bearing on states’ rights to water in Mississippi v. Tennessee, et al.[1] In that
On November 19, we published an article on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”) efforts to reform transmission planning and cost allocation issues addressed in FERC’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANOPR”). Just last week, FERC issued a notice seeking
Regulatory Update – FERC transmission planning process reform
On July 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANOPR”) to broadly examine FERC’s current electric regional transmission planning, cost allocation, and generator interconnection